I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Poems - Page 101by Samuel Rogers - 1834 - 295 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edward Reynolds (bp. of Norwich.) - 1826 - 944 pages
...knowledge of the Creator. (Rom. i. 19. Psal. cxi. 2) Ver. 14. / have seen all the works that are done under the Sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit.'] The former words shewed the exactness of Solomon's search into natural and human things. That it was... | |
| George Bull - Christian life - 1827 - 518 pages
...straight? To the same sense the Wise Man speaks, chap. i. 14, 15. / have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight. Upon this consideration, the Preacher in my text exhorts... | |
| George Bull - Christian life - 1827 - 514 pages
...straight? To the same sense the Wise Man speaks, chap. i. 14, 15. / have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and behold all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight. Upon this consideration, the Preacher in my text exhorts... | |
| 1828 - 1042 pages
...God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. 14 I have seen all the works that are done , I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace 15 That which is crooked cannot be made straight : and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. 16... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1829 - 520 pages
...Sermon sur la Résurrection. Note 2, page it, col. 3. Vf By ; no resting for |Ъв foot we find. « I have considered,« says Solomon, * all the works...spirit.« But who believes it, till Death tells it us? It ix Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent, that they... | |
| Sir Walter Raleigh - Great Britain - 1829 - 514 pages
...which hath made him and loves him, is always deferred : / have considered, saith Solomon, all tlte works that are under the sun, and, behold, all is...; but who believes it, till Death tells it us ? It was Death, which opening the conscience of Charles the Fifth, made him enjoin his son Philip to restore... | |
| John Hill - 1829 - 108 pages
...I sought him, but he could not be found. Eccles. i. 14.—I have seen all the things that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit Jerem. xv. 9.—She that hath born? "seven languisheth : she hath given up the ghost, her sun is gone... | |
| Samuel Rogers - 1830 - 516 pages
...Boasuet, Sermon tur la Retumctim. Note 2, page 11, col. 2. W« tr, no mum fot the foot we find. * I hare considered," says Solomon, " all the works that are...vexation of spirit" But who believes it, till Death tells il и Т It is Death alone that can suddenly make man to know himself. He tells the proud and insolent... | |
| George Mogridge - 1832 - 222 pages
...plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction! Eccles.'i. 14. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. Psalm xxxvii. 18. The Lord knoweth the days of the upright; and their inheritance shall be for ever.... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1832 - 664 pages
...DCCCXXVIII. THE CREATURE IS VANITY AND VEXATION. Eccl. i. 14, 15. / have seen all the works which are done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting, cannot be numbered. THE Book... | |
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